Media?
Therrien moving Ryder down from the top line to the 3rd toward the end of the season. Ryder quits scoring and leaves Montreal as fast as he can.
Therrien moving Vanek down from the top line to the 3rd/4th/checking line at the playoffs. Vanek quits scoring and leaves Montreal as fast as he can.
Cant blame the media unless the media was in charge of setting the lines.
What about playing a guy with 275+ goals OFF WING. LOL A great way to start your relationship off on good footing. "I know you have been playing lw for the last eight seasons and that over that time you are the best of your class but I ,THE COACH, am going to play you on the RW." Brilliant coaching move! Maybe Coach should play Patches on the rw next year?
Or being unable to properly fit him into the pp scheme? Or the offensive system? Coach: "I know that I cannot figure out how to use a guy with your vison, hands or hockey sense in our offensive system so I want you to play more DEFENSE" lol
Then , when his numbers do not look Long Islandesc and he starts tosay tohimself"ok I have the message only ten games left" the coach follows by making an example of him. Another Brilliant coaching move with a 30 year old hockey player. Not one on one or team captain to him or any other private option ,PUBLICALLY. ( I think management got angry when his agent told them to hold onto their offer.) LOL
Briere banged the coach pretty hard in his comments after he left. Vanek acted like a man and ,unlike our mangement here, refused to comment when he was asked. A class move on his part, unlike what the Coach did to him in his game pressers.
He was bad in the Rangers series? on the fouth line, playing less than 12 min per in each loss, getting his 4x4, pp and o zone start time cut? LOL and still being our second pts guy overall. lol Amazing. Was he worse than DD or Patches or even Crosby or Nash or or or or . MY god are some people just stupid?
For those of you who think the Habs experience hurt him. He left huge money on the table to go home.
I wonder what UFA 's think about us now.
I will enjoy watching his numbers next year in Minn , a tougher Division, different systems, a better Coach..